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Anish Kirpalani

MD, FRCPC, MASc, BASc

Investigator

Email: Anish.Kirpalani@unityhealth.to
Tel: 416-864-6060 Ext 6497

Research Programs

Biography

Dr. Anish Kirpalani is a staff radiologist and the Division Head of Abdominal Radiology at St. Michael’s Hospital. He is Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Imaging at the University of Toronto, and the Director of Medical Imaging Research in the Department of Medical Imaging at the St. Michael’s Hospital.

He is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and has given over 40 invited lectures nationally and internationally, mostly in the fields of abdominal and cardiovascular MRI.

He is the medical lead for the St. Michael’s MRI Research Centre. He is the imaging lead for a grant-funded collaborative research program in functional kidney MRI.

Recent Publications

  1. Shatil, AS, Kirpalani, A, Younus, E, Tyrrell, PN, Krizova, A, Yuen, DA et al.. Magnetic Resonance Elastography-derived Stiffness Predicts Renal Function Loss and Is Associated With Microvascular Inflammation in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplant Direct. 2022;8 (6):e1334. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001334. PubMed PMID:35721457 PubMed Central PMC9197345.
  2. Rathi, A, Kanee, L, Limoges, M, Connelly, KA, Jimenez Juan, L, Kirpalani, A et al.. Relationship Between Left Ventricular Strain Assessment by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. J Thorac Imaging. 2022;37 (4):W58-W59. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000652. PubMed PMID:35438668 .
  3. Zhang, T, He, X, Caldwell, L, Goru, SK, Ulloa Severino, L, Tolosa, MF et al.. NUAK1 promotes organ fibrosis via YAP and TGF-β/SMAD signaling. Sci Transl Med. 2022;14 (637):eaaz4028. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz4028. PubMed PMID:35320001 .
  4. Huang, F, Brezden-Masley, C, Chan, KKW, Barfett, JJ, Kirpalani, A, Deva, DP et al.. Evaluation of left atrial remodeling using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant trastuzumab. Eur Radiol. 2022;32 (6):4234-4242. doi: 10.1007/s00330-021-08466-9. PubMed PMID:34993574 .
  5. Connelly, PW, Yan, AT, Nash, MM, Wald, RM, Lok, C, Gunaratnam, L et al.. The Increase in Paraoxonase 1 Is Associated With Decrease in Left Ventricular Volume in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021;8 :763389. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.763389. PubMed PMID:34926614 PubMed Central PMC8674585.
  6. Durrani, R, Friedrich, MG, Schulze, KM, Awadalla, P, Balasubramanian, K, Black, SE et al.. Effect of Cognitive Reserve on the Association of Vascular Brain Injury With Cognition: Analysis of the PURE and CAHHM Studies. Neurology. 2021;97 (17):e1707-e1716. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012765. PubMed PMID:34504021 PubMed Central PMC8605614.
  7. Jimenez-Juan, L, Ben-Dov, N, Goncalves Frazao, CV, Tan, NS, Singh, SM, Dorian, P et al.. Right Ventricular Function at Cardiac MRI Predicts Cardiovascular Events in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator. Radiology. 2021;301 (2):322-329. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021210246. PubMed PMID:34402663 .
  8. Primary Panel, Ian Paterson, D, White, JA, Butler, CR, Connelly, KA, Guerra, PG et al.. 2021 Update on Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Joint Statement From Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society. Can J Cardiol. 2021;37 (6):835-847. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.02.012. PubMed PMID:34154798 .
  9. Urzua Fresno, CM, Folador, L, Shalmon, T, Hamad, FMD, Singh, SM, Karur, GR et al.. Prognostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance left ventricular volumetry and geometry in patients receiving an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2021;23 (1):72. doi: 10.1186/s12968-021-00768-7. PubMed PMID:34108003 PubMed Central PMC8191093.
  10. Agarwal, SM, Panda, R, Costa-Dookhan, KA, MacKenzie, NE, Treen, QC, Caravaggio, F et al.. Metformin for early comorbid glucose dysregulation and schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a pilot double-blind randomized clinical trial. Transl Psychiatry. 2021;11 (1):219. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01338-2. PubMed PMID:33854039 PubMed Central PMC8046796.
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Affiliations & Other Activities

  • Director, MRI Research Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Division Head of Abdominal Imaging, Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital
  • Associate Professor, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto